4. The Questions
The proposed research will answer two questions:
1) How do people evaluate the
reputations of others from the online
evidence available to them?
2) How do people manage their own
reputation through their online
activities?
6. The Research
• Social informatics viewpoint
• Focus on how individuals decide
what to share – or not to share
• Use of pseudonyms and anonymous
accounts
• Opting to not use social media
• How individuals evaluate others
7. Methodology
• Undetermined at this time
• Scoping survey
• Likely in-depth interviews
• Possible assessment of interviewees’
reputations + second interviews
• Open to ideas!
8. Next Stages
•RD5 in autumn
•Literature searching
•Literature review
•Scoping survey